tCA news - march 2007

Firstly, thanks to those of you who made donations to support our work during February. You'll be pleased to know that we have already supported climate action groups with resources for working better together and have participated in a dialogue to develop climate change solutions in southeast queensland. With your support we hope to organise and facilitate a number of climate focused trainings around the country. Stay tuned for news of our emerging climate action research project.

We have been busy this last month... We facilitated participatory sessions with over 130 union delegates in Brisbane -- certainly a change from the usual conference atmosphere.

We've started an exciting new partnership with the Murray Lower Darling River Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN). We recently facilitated a strategising session with MLDRIN representatives and a number of environmental non-government organisations who have signed a Cooperative Agreement to guide their work together.

We also delivered another two-day Strategising for Change workshop in Melbourne in collaboration with the Mittagong Forum and now we're headed to Aotearoa to work with the Treaty Resource Centre, Kotare Trust and Tauiwi Treaty Workers.

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	Kotare Trust - social change education

		safeguarding your group Schweik Action Wollongong recently produced an excellent resource to help safeguard progressive social change groups. Their checklist prepares groups...
		campaign case studies During February we added new case studies and articles to our website. Holly Kemp has shared with us her insider perspective on the Australian student environment movement during the transition period from universal...
		forms of protest tCA co-director James Whelan was recently interviewed on Radio National’s Australia Talks. Host Paul Barklay’s other guests included GetUp! executive director Brett Solomon and UTS social movement researcher James Goodman. The interview canvassed recent protest actions by groups including...
		a force more powerful: promoting democracy or compromised activism? When the films in the ‘A Force More Powerful’ series were first screened on SBS in Australia and the dvds became available, the Change Agency team were quick to recognise their potential as training resources. We organised screenings of ‘Bringing down a...
		in the tiger's mouth: an empowerment guide for social action Katrina Shields guides you through the big issues that show up in activism: how to avoid burn-out, network, create stable groups, as well as how to approach listeners with bad news that they may not want to hear. The guide includes exercises that encourage discovery and growth, both for individuals...
		coming up...

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